Description

django.test.testcases.TestCase inherits from TransactionTestCase, so when django.db is not used in the project, it complains during testing about "ImproperlyConfigured: settings.DATABASES". A solution is to use SimpleTestCase (which TransactionTestCase inherits from), but this class doesn't contain the useful test helpers currently located in TransactionTestCase, which aren't in any way related to db handling:

assertRedirects

assert(Not)Contains

assertFormError

assertTemplate(Not)Used

_urlconf_setup(teardown).

Proposal: move them out either to SimpleTestCase, or a separate class other tests (including TransactionTestCase) can inherit from, so they can be used in non-db test cases.